Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mover

/ˈmuːvə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: mov-er
IPA: /ˈmuːvə/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who or something that moves.

noun

noun

A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.

noun

Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.

noun

A product that sells well.

noun

A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.

Example Sentences

"I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time."
""The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover From move + -er.

Inflected Forms

movers (plural)

Derived Forms

earthmover moremover nonmover seriesmover trashmover

Phrases

fast mover first mover household goods mover house mover mouse mover mover and shaker needle-mover needle mover

Synonyms

removalist public mover moving company removal firm removal company proposer

Rhymes With

vancouver hoover maneuver remover outmaneuver coover groover gruver kluver louvre manoeuvre louver

Questions

How do you pronounce mover?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmuːvə/.
What does mover mean?: Someone who or something that moves.
Where does mover come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover From move + -er.

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